What do you want the most in life? Wealth, health, good relationships, success, power? According to The Secret you can have whatever you want in life, no exceptions.
WHAT IS THE SECRET
The Secret is the “law of attraction”, which states that you will attract into your reality whatever you chronically think about, with emotion.
Everything in the universe, including your body, is made up of energy. If you are in a positive mood, your body energy will “vibrate” at a certain frequency and according to the law of attraction, you will attract positive events and people into your life. On the other hand, if your body energy is in a negative vibration, you attract the opposite – negative people and events. For example, if you are constantly thinking about being in debt and feeling bad about it, the law of attraction states that you will attract more debt into your life. On the other hand, if you are thinking loving thoughts and feeling the emotion love, you will attract situations and people which bring more love into your life.
The one human freedom that no one can take away from you is your ability to choose what you think about. And it’s important to realize that you cannot feel an emotion without thinking a thought first. Therefore, you are in control of how you feel. You can choose what to focus your mind upon every minute of your life. You can decide to dwell on thoughts which create positive emotions just as easily as you can choose to dwell thoughts which create negative emotions. You are the one who decides how you will react to the “external” circumstances in your life such as someone cutting you off on the freeway. There’s a “silver lining” to every situation and if you consciously look for it, you will remain in a positive attitude which is the only way that The Secret will work wonders in your life.
It’s unlikely that merely thinking a thought will manifest anything in your life, but consider the following quote:
“Sow a thought, and you reap an act; Sow an act, and you reap a habit; Sow a habit, and you reap a character; Sow a character, and you reap a destiny”
For every action there must be a reaction. Every thought you choose to think results in some form of action whether that be frowning, smiling, getting on with your life, or moping in your bedroom. So the thoughts you think on a day-to-day basis will ultimately effect the results you get in life.
We move towards whatever we dwell upon with thought. Consider how the more you focus on something, the more it appears in your reality. A common example is that after you buy a particular car, you start to see that car everywhere you go. According to “The Secret” this is the universe “re-arranging” itself to bring more of that type of car to you. That only makes sense if you consider yourself to be one with the entire energy field of the universe.
The Secret has been understood by wise people throughout history. Buddha said “all we are is a result of what we have thought”. You could consider “The Secret” a more scientific approach to the higher power that has always assisted humanity, quite often referred to as God. When you pray to God with strong emotion, your prayers are likely to be answered – so long as you keep faith that God exists and you maintain a positive attitude about your life.
Of course, it’s difficult to prove this theory scientifically. What it really comes down to is faith and what you choose to believe in. What you choose to believe, will become your reality. For example, if someone strongly believes in ghosts or UFO’s they will probably see them. If you don’t believe in them, you probably won’t see them or tell people who have seen them that they’re crazy. If someone believes that will be poor their whole life, they probably will be. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. So “truth” or “reality” is actually subjective and varies from person to person based on their beliefs. With that knowledge, what beliefs would be most empowering for you to have?
WHY IT’S CONVINCING
Based on my past schooling, jobs, and experiences if I only watched the movie “The Secret” and nothing else, I may have a difficult time believing what it promotes – “thoughts become things”. What strikes me is all the successful and extraordinary people in the past who had the same beliefs promoted in The Secret. The self-development books I’ve read by Tony Robbins, Napoleon Hill, James Allen, and others all point to one common idea: that your thoughts are what shape your destiny. Religious text books like the Bible have quotes like “seek and you shall find”, “ask and ye shall receive”, and “knock and the door shall be opened”. So it really isn’t a “Secret” if you’ve been paying attention to wise people throughout history.
I prefer to believe that I’m in control of my destiny and my emotions on a day-to-day basis. I can choose to be happy, optimistic, and secure regardless of the circumstances that appear to be out of my control. The one thing we have absolute control over is our thoughts. When I’m stuck in traffic, I can close my eyes and imagine walking along a breezy tropical beach. And when I’m feeling stressed out because I have “too many things to do”, I can picture myself floating in white space, with nothing around to distract me.
I’ve noticed that the friendlier I am with people, the more friendly they are towards me. The more I give to others, the more they are willing to give to me. It’s Karma. So, in a sense, I am in control of my circumstances. People will typically treat me as I treat them. And if someone “outside of my control” happens to pass me a dirty look or make a rude comment, I probably don’t even notice it because I believe that people are generally good. I truly believe that everyone is a good person in their heart – and that is what I see. Now am I attracting positive people in the universe or I am just filtering out all the negativity by putting on a positivity lens?
Another example is that I’ve noticed that by focusing on “The Secret” I see more quotes related to it and I meet more people who are interested in it. Now is that the universe giving me what I ask for or is it my brain starting to notice more of what I focus on? Perhaps, like they say in The Secret, “everything is energy”. And everything I want is already around me. But now that I am focusing on it, I begin to resonate with that energy, and I become aware of it.
WHAT’S HARD TO UNDERSTAND
The law of attraction states that every person, event, and thing you experience in reality was caused by your previous thoughts and actions. It’s also understood that you have the power to control your thoughts. So, in effect, you are responsible for every event in your life. Car accidents, plane crashes, theft, rape, death – according to the law anyone who experiences these events attracted them through their thoughts. How can that be? Was every prisoner in the concentration camps during WWII dwelling upon thoughts of torture and starvation before they were admitted? Did my friend really attract cancer into his body through thoughts of sickness and ingratitude? This concept has been hard for me to wrap my head around.
Having the belief that you control reality is an empowering belief. That way you can take responsibility for any circumstances you find yourself in and have the power to make changes. You no longer feel helpless in an “out of control” world if you believe you are the creator of your circumstances. But to accept that every tragic event in human history was the result of the victim’s thoughts is a tough one and probably quite controversial. I’d love to hear a more thorough explanation of this from the teachers of The Secret.
WHAT DO YOU REALLY WANT?
One of the most difficult parts of applying the secret successfully is discovering what you truly want. TV, movies, advertisements, music videos, and books all have different ideas on what the “perfect life” is like. Some glorify money, fame and material things while others promote more spiritual paths. So what will bring you true happiness? This is where experimentation comes in. If you are sad or feel stuck in your current circumstances, break free and trying something new. How will you ever discover what you want if you refuse to try new experiences and meet new people? I find that the more I explore, the closer I come to discovering what I truly want in life. Exploring includes traveling, reading new books, going to school, trying different jobs, starting a business, and conversing with new people. It’s letting go of that resistance you feel when someone invites you to try something totally different from what you’re used to.
What we all want is simple. We want to feel good. We may say things like “I want money” or “I want to lose weight” or “I want a loving mate” but the truth is you don’t want any of those “things” – you want to feel good. The root desire of all humans is to feel good. Let’s use money as an example. When you think about it, do people really want money? No they don’t, they want the items that money can buy. And if you think about that, do they really want those items? No, they want the feelings those items will give them. Perhaps a sports car and a mansion will make them feel powerful. Or perhaps a large sum of money in their bank account will make them feel secure. Maybe the perfect mate will make them feel love. The power of the Secret is to realize that you can feel all those feelings by simply imagining you are already in possession of those “things” which make you feel good. Then, according to the law of attraction, if the things that create those feelings don’t exist in your reality, you will attract them, simply by feeling good. Another way to look at it is that if you feel good consistently, you will think clearly, positively, and take the inspired action required to obtain those external things. It’s funny though, because if you already feel good, why would you need anything in the external world to change?
Bob Proctor discussing “The Secret”:
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June 18th, 2009 at 1:17 am
Haven´t you have a philosophical thought in over a year?
what happened to the law of attraction?
..if it hasn´t work maybe is because you haven´t being clear.
Do you know what do you want to get?
post something here!